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Asian-Pacific Defense Leaders
Urged to Form Ties, Cooperate

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Eduardo Lachica Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated May 23, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry called for the establishment of a security dialogue among Asian-Pacific defense leaders along the lines of similar initiatives in Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

Such a "web of official and personalities" among these leaders could build "trust, understanding and cooperation" in a region where territorial and ideological rivalries are yet to be fully contained,...